Macro Shocks and Micro Woes: Short-Term Effects of India's Demonetization on the Poor

Zhu, Huasheng; Gupta, Anubhab; Majumder, Binoy; Steinbach, Sandro

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“…Recent reports suggest that India may have reversed its previous improvements in child undernutrition owing to economic instability and gross domestic product decline between 2016 and 2019 (75)(76)(77). Given that wealth plays a key role in child undernutrition, macroeconomic decline owing to policies such as national demonetization may have adversely affected household income and child health outcomes, particularly among low-income households in India (78,79).…”

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Child Undernutrition Following the Introduction of a Large-Scale Toilet Construction Campaign in India

Singh

Shah²,

Bruckner

2019

SSRN Journal

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Child Undernutrition Following the Introduction of a Large-Scale Toilet Construction Campaign in India

Singh

Shah²,

Bruckner

2019

SSRN Journal

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Child Undernutrition following the Introduction of a Large-Scale Toilet Construction Campaign in India

Singh

Shah

Bruckner

2021

The Journal of Nutrition

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Background Lack of toilets and the widespread practice of open defecation may contribute to India's large burden of child undernutrition. Objectives We examine whether a large national sanitation campaign launched in 2014, the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), precedes a reduction in stunting and wasting among under 5-y-old (u5) children in India. Methods In this observational study, we used district-level data from before (2013–2014) and after (2015–2016) SBM from 3 national surveys to derive, as our outcomes, the percentage of u5 children per district who are stunted and wasted. We defined our exposures as 1) binary indicator of SBM and 2) percentage of households with toilets per district. Our analytic sample comprised nearly all 640 Indian districts (with ∼1200 rural/urban divisions per district per time point). Linear regression analyses controlled for baseline differences in districts, linear time trends by state, and relevant covariates. Results Relative to pre-SBM, u5 stunting declines by 0.06% (95% CI: –0.10, –0.01; P = 0.009) with every percentage increase in households with toilets post-SBM. Rural regions and districts with higher pre-SBM toilet availability show greater decline in u5 stunting post-SBM. Conclusions An increase in toilet availability on a national scale, precipitated by the SBM sanitation campaign, is associated with a reduction in undernutrition among u5 children in India over the early phase of the campaign.

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Your data or your life. On demonetisation, cashlessness and the digital panopticon in India

Coin¹

2019

Sociologia Del Lavoro

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Macro Shocks and Micro Woes: Short-Term Effects of India's Demonetization on the Poor

Cited by 3 publications

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Child Undernutrition Following the Introduction of a Large-Scale Toilet Construction Campaign in India

Child Undernutrition Following the Introduction of a Large-Scale Toilet Construction Campaign in India

Child Undernutrition following the Introduction of a Large-Scale Toilet Construction Campaign in India

Your data or your life. On demonetisation, cashlessness and the digital panopticon in India

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